Chapter 643
The people in the garden were led by the queen into the hall.
Zi'an noticed that Concubine Yigui's expression was always calm, which was very different from the previous arrogance.
Entering the Hall of Zhengyi, I saw a middle-aged and elderly person wearing the court dress of the Empress Dowager sitting on a carved pear wood chair. She looked quite majestic, her eyes were sharp, her makeup was thick, and her skin was particularly fair.
Her age, at first glance, is about fifty, but if you look closely at the corners of her temples and eyes, you can tell that she is over sixty.
Concubine Xi is even two years older than the former Empress Dowager Sun, so, seriously, she should be sixty-three this year.
It is not easy for an old woman in her sixties to take care of her so well.
Zian followed everyone and knelt down, asking three times to say hello.
The empress dowager didn't say a word, she just drank tea slowly, putting on airs.
She didn't say a word, it can be seen that everyone knows her methods, especially Concubine Mei, although she is holding herself still, she still can't help shivering.
After a long time, Fang heard an indifferent and majestic voice and thought, "Get up!"
"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" The empress led the crowd to stand up.
The empress dowager didn't let everyone sit down, her eyes wandered around the faces of the crowd, and finally fell on Zi'an's face, but she turned away in an instant, and just asked lightly: "How many concubines, only one came here?" ?”
Only then did Zi'an find out that Princess Li and the concubines of the other princes hadn't arrived yet.
The empress came forward to explain understandingly, "The empress dowager calm down, the concubines are probably quite busy taking care of the affairs of the mansion, and sometimes they get up late."
"Really?" The empress dowager's ending sound was so long that Zian could hear the displeasure in it even with his toes.
She snorted heavily, "No matter how many things there are in the mansion, are there more things than in the palace? Isn't the Ai family's handling of the affairs in the palace just as appropriate? I'm afraid they didn't take Ai's words to heart and entered the palace anyway." Greetings are just empty words in etiquette, who takes Ai's family seriously?"
Everyone was shocked and confessed their crimes one after another.
Zian didn't quite understand this battle, how did this old lady make everyone fear her?
Could it be that the emperor really supports her messing around like this?
Zhuang Zhuang couldn't stand it any longer, and said calmly: "Please An is talking about filial piety, and what you are strictly ordered to do is errands, but you are just putting filial piety on the line, like doing errands, it is unavoidably disgusting."
The empress dowager laughed coldly when she heard the words, "Princess Ai, Aijia knows that you have always disobeyed Aijia. Hearing what you said, could it be that those ministers who go to court can also be late at will?"
"It's a joke to compare it with the previous dynasty. When did this Yanxi Palace become the Guangming Palace?" Zhuang Zhuang didn't hate her a few times before entering the palace because he thought it was boring, but he knew what Zi'an was doing today. The empress dowager has prepared a good show, she has to take the lead first, to dampen her spirit, lest she really take herself seriously.
The Empress Dowager said sharply: "Princess, although you are the same generation as the Ai family, you still have to call the Ai family the emperor's wife, and the elder sister-in-law as a mother. No matter what, you shouldn't contradict the Ai family in front of all the younger generations. The Empress Dowager has pampered you many times, leaving you devoid of etiquette, and you have never been married so far, has it never occurred to you that it is your problem?"
Zian didn't expect that the opening scene didn't have the slightest buffer, and it went straight to the show. Although he knew in his heart that he would soon become the next target, he still couldn't help but shouted hello for Zhuang Zhuang.
Zhuang Zhuang was not angry when he heard the words, he just said with a sarcastic smile: "Emperor's wife is a serious empress dowager and the emperor's biological mother. How can there be a half-way monk who doesn't know what to say about her? Besides, Ben You can get married in the palace, but if you can’t, it’s none of your business? I don’t eat half a grain of rice from you, but you, I heard that you used to be the prince concubine for the emperor’s brother, but why did you not get favored after entering the palace for many years? Does the empress dowager have any? Thought it was just your own problem?"
The Empress Dowager smiled eccentrically, "Yeah, Aijia forgot that the Eldest Princess is a sharp-tongued person, and she really deserves her reputation, which is very annoying. It's just that Aijia can't talk about Empress Dowager Sun? Speaking of it, She still has to call Aijia a sister. Even if she is alive, she must be respectful when she sees Aijia? If she knew that she made you so unruly, Aijia would definitely tell the late emperor and recommend her to rule the palace Not strict, the crime of improper education."
"An afterthought!" Zhuang Zhuang snorted coldly, "Now that the emperor's wife is gone, you just talk about how majestic you are, why didn't you come out to punish the crimes of the emperor's wife and the palace? At that time, you Yanxi Palace, It's like a cold palace, except for spiders and ants, I'm afraid no one will patronize it."
good!
Zi'an cried out inwardly, the fighting power is strong, it's a good start.
The Empress Dowager's complexion changed slightly, covered with sullenness, just when she was about to get angry, she heard a voice from outside, "Concubine Jin is here, Concubine Liqin is here, Concubine Qi is here, Concubine Yan is here."
The Empress Dowager gave Zhuang Zhuang a hard look, and straightened her expression, "I'll talk about you later."
The three concubines came in with the help of Concubine Jin, but they saw four people with disheveled hair on their temples, looking embarrassed.
"What's going on here?" The Empress Dowager's voice was high-pitched, "The bun is not neat, how can there be half of the decency of a concubine or princess?"
Concubine Jin still had lingering fears on her face. She paid her respects first, and then explained: "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, you are really rude today. When you are about to reach the gate of the palace, you encounter a carriage rushing out, killing the three of us. Fortunately, Princess Li knew kung fu and flew over to save my sister. Otherwise, my sister's old bones would be broken today. After asking carefully, I found out that the carriage It turned out that people around the Empress Dowager were out of the palace to buy, and they collided with our carriage because of their haste."
"Nonsense!" The Empress Dowager didn't give Concubine Jin the slightest bit of face, and snapped, "How many times has the Ai family said that the carriage is parked outside the palace, and no mistakes can be made when walking in. There are so many things to do in the palace every day. Horses and carriages come and go in an endless stream, are you all expensive and expensive? You have to ask the carriages in the palace to avoid you?"
Zian felt that this was purely fucking unreasonable.
However, he still kept his composure and continued to watch the good shows.
Concubine Jin is a highly respected person, where has she ever been wronged like this in the past? Now being scolded in front of the younger generation, he couldn't hold back his breath, but he didn't dare to attack him. After seeing her punish Chen Taijun that day, everyone was terrified, not because they were afraid of being punished, but because they were afraid of losing face.
Concubine Jin said aggrievedly: "If the carriages are all parked outside the palace, it will take about half an hour to drive in. The concubines are also afraid of delaying the time to pay their respects."
The carriages entering the palace usually enter the palace gate and pass through the long palace lanes before stopping outside the Huayi Hall. In this way, although there is still a distance to enter the harem from the Huayi Hall, it is not too far away.
The Empress Dowager said coldly: "If you are afraid of delaying the time, why don't you enter the palace earlier? If you really want to, you can't delay it anyway."